Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko has urged the rest of the world not to forget the war in Ukraine as it reaches its one-year anniversary, noting in an ominous warning that the conflict does not only affect the former Soviet nation.
“Please don’t forget, we’re talking about nuclear weapons. An explosion could touch everyone on our planet, and that is why we have to do everything we can to stop this war,” the former boxing champion said in an interview with Canadian news channel CTV.
He added that it would be a “huge mistake” for people outside of the war-hit nation to think that Vladimir Putin’s invasion does not affect them.
Meanwhile, Volodymyr Zelensky has hinted at a Ukrainian withdrawal from the eastern city of Bakhmut if its defence becomes too costly in terms of human lives.
Russia is advancing in the eastern sector of the war-hit country while looking to capture Bakhmut in what would be a symbolic rather than strategic victory.
